Samuel Park talks Querying & First Pages

Today I'm delighted to welcome Samuel Park , author of the gorgeous debut novel THIS BURNS MY HEART, back to my blog. His novel was jus...

Expressions

We're back from the fabulous wedding weekend and now I'm scurrying to unpack and get a few things done before Thursday when spring b...

Lucky 7

My lovely sister-in-law ("the other Amy Sonnichsen") is getting married this weekend, so we're heading out of town for the wed...

More on Diversity & Hacky Sacking

Thanks for the great discussion last Thursday about ethnic diversity in Young Adult novels. A couple more thoughts: It's interesting tha...

Where are the Asians in Contemporary YA?

I hope you all had a chance to read Ellen Oh's post about Why the Pretty White Girl YA Book Cover Trend Needs to End. And I hope you all...

Twenty Things

Life has been taking me for a spin lately. I've been sick for a week. I was very sick last week. On Tuesday I spent the afternoon passed...

Why Fiction?

"We demand windows. Literature as Logos is a series of windows, even of doors. One of the things we feel after reading a great work is...

WiP Monday: Because I Don't Post on Wednesday Anymore

Oops, was it Monday today? *checks calendar* Yep. *Scurries to write blog post* Today I'm talking Works in Progress (WiPs) because I hav...

Romancing the Snow

When bloggy buddy Jen Daiker asked me to read and review the short stories (hers included) in the SNOWBOUND HEARTS anthology, I agreed. Je...